Bring Your Own Device also known as BYOD policy is being welcomed by many companies as it saves the cost of technology. However, saving this money can cause a huge loss in long return as it may also involve the presence of a third party providing a threat to the company's confidential data. BYOD always leaves a room for security risk as personal devices are connected which are not a part of the company's security system.
The ways to protect BYOD from cyber crimes are:
- The network should be present in cloud : Many companies like microsoft is providing access to employes of operation through cloud and it lays down the security issue associated as the security has its presence in cloud.The employes should use protected wifi this will encrypt the data and protect it from being encrypted by hackers.
- Password Protection - Having the presence of a strong password is a key element for the security. The passwords should not be repeated frequently in every device and should be shared only with the password manager in order to avoid conflicts.
- Restrict Data access - The company should make sure that each employe has data necessary for its jobs. Data sharing between two employees needs to be prohibited until asked by the authorized team.
- Use of antivirus software - Each device needs to be protected by antivirus softwares.
- Avoid use of prohibited applications - Clicking on certain links ends up resulting in a huge loss. In order to prevent this, make sure to restrict the use of networking sites.
- Cyber security Education - The employees should be provided with the knowledge of does and don'ts in order to stop the rapidly increasing cyber crimes.
